First typography symposium in St. Gallen
Does typical Swiss typography still exist? This is the question posed by the first Tÿpo St. Gallen. The German Forum for Typography is taking part as a guest with its 25th national meeting. Werbewoche is giving away five tickets for the three-day symposium.
Does Swiss typography still exist at all? And what is typically Swiss about today's typography? A possible answer to these questions will be provided at the first Tÿpo St. Gallen - a new series of events that will take place for the first time from November 18 to 20, 2011 at the St. Gallen Vocational and Further Education Center and will be repeated annually. At the three-day symposium, 13 speakers from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, England, the Netherlands and the USA will explore the "typical Swiss typography" in specialist lectures and workshops. As part of this new typography symposium, the German Forum Typografie will also be a guest in Switzerland on the occasion of its 25th national meeting, thus promoting exchange across national borders.
Tÿpo St. Gallen is organized by the GBS St. Gallen and is managed by the St. Gallen School of Design and the College of Art, Design and Design. The Vadiana Cantonal Library, the largest library in Eastern Switzerland, and the St. Gallen Abbey Library, the oldest library in Switzerland and one of the largest and oldest monastery libraries in the world, are contributing to the symposium. On Sunday, November 20, 2011, visitors to Tÿpo St. Gallen can look forward to a visit to the Vadiana Library with its typographic treasures and a lecture in the Abbey Library on the subject of the development of typefaces in the Abbey of St. Gall.
Werbewoche is giving away five tickets to the event, each worth 350 francs. To take part in the prize draw, send an e-mail to [email protected]. The winners will be drawn on November 11.
